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Technupe
Technupe

Reputation: 4961

codeigniter form prepopulation

Is there a method to prepopulate a certain field in a form using data from the previous page using codeigniter.

I have a page with input fields that are filled out, if the user presses a "add" button they are given a new form with similar fields. I want those fields to be populated from data received by the previous page.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 236

Answers (3)

Mitchell McKenna
Mitchell McKenna

Reputation: 2276

You can use CI's form helper function set_value() which uses the $_POST and may save you some code testing if the $_POST value is empty because you can specify a default value if not set. Should be using this anyway if your using CI's form validation.

Upvotes: 1

CyberJunkie
CyberJunkie

Reputation: 22674

You could store the data entered in form 1 in sessions or in the database and display it in the second form. Or as mentioned use $_POST in the second form to retrieve submitted data from the previous.

Upvotes: 0

downed
downed

Reputation: 343

Can't you simply use the $_POST data to display the second form?

Upvotes: 0

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